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Barry B. Hanan is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily spans the subfields of Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on geological and geochemical analysis as well as earthquake and tectonic studies. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Barry B. Hanan include:

  • Post-delamination magmatism in south-central Anatolia (2021) published in Lithos
  • Evolution of mafic lavas in Central Anatolia: Mantle source domains (2021) published in Geosphere
  • Hafnium isotope constraints on the geochemical evolution of the Wyoming cratonic sub-lithospheric mantle (2025) published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Tanya Furman, Biltan Kürkçüoğlu, Kaan Sayıt, Tekin Yürür, and Megan Pickard Sjoblom, each appearing as coauthors multiple times. This indicates an active engagement in collaborative research projects within related disciplines.

Barry B. Hanan publishes regularly in venues such as Lithos, Geosphere, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, which are specialized outlets for research in geology and geophysics.

Their research encompasses a range of topics, emphasizing geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and geochemistry and elemental analysis.

Best Publications

  • Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

    Mark K. Reagan;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Katherine A. Kelley

  • Lead and Helium Isotope Evidence from Oceanic Basalts for a Common Deep Source of Mantle Plumes

    B. B. Hanan;D. W. Graham

  • Nd‐Sr‐Pb isotopic variations along the Gulf of Aden: Evidence for Afar Mantle Plume‐Continental Lithosphere Interaction

    Jean-Guy Schilling;Richard H. Kingsley;Barry B. Hanan;Brian L. McCully

  • Pb isotope evidence in the South Atlantic for migrating ridge-hotspot interactions

    B. B. Hanan;R. H. Kingsley;J.-G. Schilling

  • Heads and tails: 30 million years of the Afar plume

    T. Furman;J. Bryce;T. Rooney;B. Hanan

  • Contrasting origins of the upper mantle revealed by hafnium and lead isotopes from the Southeast Indian Ridge

    Barry B. Hanan;Janne Blichert-Toft;Douglas G. Pyle;David M. Christie

  • Easter microplate evolution: Pb isotope evidence

    Barry B. Hanan;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • SrNdPb geochemical morphology between 10° and 17°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: A new MORB isotope signature

    Laure Dosso;Barry B. Hanan;Barry B. Hanan;Henri Bougault;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Helium isotope composition of the early Iceland mantle plume inferred from the Tertiary picrites of West Greenland

    D.W. Graham;L.M. Larsen;B.B. Hanan;M. Storey

  • Tertiary Mafic Lavas of Turkana, Kenya: Constraints on East African Plume Structure and the Occurrence of High-μ Volcanism in Africa

    Tanya Furman;Kelly M. Kaleta;Julia G. Bryce;Barry B. Hanan

  • Multi-Stage Origin of the Coast Range Ophiolite, California: Implications for the Life Cycle of Supra-Subduction Zone Ophiolites

    John W. Shervais;David L. Kimbrough;Paul Renne;Barry B. Hanan

  • Depleted Iceland mantle plume geochemical signature: Artifact of multicomponent mixing?

    Barry B. Hanan;Janne Blichert-Toft;Richard Kingsley;J.-G. Schilling

  • Influence of the Sierra Leone mantle plume on the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge : a Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic study

    J.-G. Schilling;B. B. Hanan;B. McCully;R. H. Kingsley

  • The dynamic evolution of the Iceland mantle plume: the lead isotope perspective

    Barry B. Hanan;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • A plume-triggered delamination origin for the Columbia River Basalt Group

    Victor E. Camp;Barry B. Hanan

  • Upper mantle pollution during Afar plume-continental rift interaction

    Tyrone O. Rooney;Barry B. Hanan;David W. Graham;Tanya Furman

  • Major and trace element and Sr-Nd isotope signatures of lavas from the Central Lau Basin: Implications for the nature and influence of subduction components in the back-arc mantle

    Liyan Tian;Paterno R. Castillo;James W. Hawkins;David R. Hilton

  • Layered mafic sill complex beneath the eastern Snake River Plain: Evidence from cyclic geochemical variations in basalt

    John W. Shervais;Scott K. Vetter;Barry B. Hanan

  • Radioisotopic and biostratigraphic age relations in the Coast Range Ophiolite, northern California: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Western Cordillera

    John W. Shervais;Benita L. Murchey;David L. Kimbrough;Paul R. Renne

  • The role of continental lithosphere metasomes in the production of HIMU-like magmatism on the northeast African and Arabian plates

    Tyrone O. Rooney;Wendy R. Nelson;Laure Dosso;Tanya Furman

  • Chaotic topography, mantle flow and mantle migration in the Australian–Antarctic discordance

    David M. Christie;Brian P. West;Brian P. West;Douglas G. Pyle;Barry B. Hanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
John W. Shervais
John W. Shervais Utah State University
Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
David W. Graham
David W. Graham Oregon State University
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hubert Staudigel
Hubert Staudigel University of California, San Diego
Jean-Guy Schilling
Jean-Guy Schilling University of Rhode Island
Rolf Mjelde
Rolf Mjelde University of Bergen
Anthony A. P. Koppers
Anthony A. P. Koppers Oregon State University
John E. Lupton
John E. Lupton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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